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*Obama: Putin Is No Chess Master -- CNN*
Washington (CNN) -- Critics have pounded President Barack Obama for being
upstaged by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Russia's economy is
plunging into a recession and Obama's got more to back up his tack on the
world stage.
Obama pointed to the result of his sanctions tactic in Russia as proof he's
got a successful strategy, in an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley airing
Sunday.
"There was a spate of stories about how he is the chess master and
outmaneuvering the West and outmaneuvering Mr. Obama and this and that and
the othe... more »

Mike Kelly?
PA-03, the northwest corner of Pennsylvania (Erie, Meadville, New Castle,
down to Pittsburgh's northern suburbs) has traditionally been a swing
district. When weak, worthless anti-Choice Blue Dog, Kathy Dahlkemper, beat
Phil English in 2008. the PVI was R+2. Dahlkemper beat him 52-48% after
running up a 14 point lead in mammoth Erie County while Obama was
pummelling McCain there 57-41%. The Republican state legislature
immediately redistricted, primarily by taking half of Erie County out of
the district and tossing it in the deep red GOP wasteland next door
(PA-05), wher... more »

Extreme Tech
*What Is FBI Evidence For North Korea Hack Attack? -- Dave Lee, BBC*
The FBI's analysis has concluded North Korea is to blame for the attack on
Sony Pictures - but how can it be sure?
As well as Pyongyang having a motive for taking serious issue with The
Interview, there's a couple of pieces of key evidence the US is now using
to pin the blame.
However, they're not without flaws.
As security researcher Brian Honan put it to me earlier: "I still don't see
anything that in a court would convict North Korea beyond reasonable doubt."
So let's take a look.
*Read more* ..... more »

*North Korea Threatens Attack On White House As US Mulls Returning Country
To Terror Sponsor List -- AOL.com*
North Korea is threatening attacks against the U.S. while adamantly denying
it had anything to do with the cyber assault that nearly brought down an
entire movie studio.
The threats come just as the Obama administration is considering putting
the reclusive regime back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism in the
wake of hackers infiltrating Sony Pictures, the president told CNN.
The North's fiery anti-American rhetoric has grown in recent days after the
U.S. apparent... more »

*Obama To Do 'Everything I Can' To Close Gitmo -- CNN*
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama says he plans to push to close
the Guantanamo Bay detention facility during his final two years in office
-- potentially fulfilling a major campaign promise that he hasn't yet
accomplished.
"I'm going to be doing everything I can to close it," Obama said in an
interview with CNN's Candy Crowley that aired Sunday on "State of the
Union."
"It is something that continues to inspire jihadists and extremists around
the world, the fact that these folks are being held," Obama said. "It is
... more »

Harun Yahya's version of the coming caliphate
I recently debated Osman Bakkash of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir Party, which is
working peacefully to restore an Islamic caliphate. It was a relatively
friendly discussion for the most part.
Watch the debate at Press TV
But I'm not in favor of creating just any-old-caliphate by any-old-means.
Take ISIS - please!
Anjum Chaudry and his ISIS friends are idiots. But there's nothing wrong,
in principle, with the idea of restoring a pan-Islamic caliphate. About
two-thirds of the world's Muslims support this concept. So if you support
democracy in Mu... more »

Russian President Putin had a three-hour news conference the other day
where he took alot of questions from what I'd call unfriendly (unscripted)
sources. Here is one from the BBC and Putin's response:
*JOHN SIMPSON, BBC:* Western countries almost universally now believe that
there’s a new Cold War and that you, frankly, have decided to create that.
We see, almost daily, Russian aircraft taking sometimes quite dangerous
manoeuvres towards western airspace. That must be done on your orders;
you’re the Commander-in-Chief. It must have been your orders that sent
Russian troops into ... more »

*Why so pensive, Murray?* *Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser and Helen
Hunt) of Mad About You, with the greatest of all TV dogs, Murray. (I didn't
say the smartest, just the greatest. Go get the mouse, Murray!)*
*"As you know, for seven years I put every ounce of my life-blood into Mad
About You and remain enormously proud of what we all accomplished. I think
it more than stands the test of time, and still shines. Traveling the
country and hearing people's enthusiasm for the show only confirms for me
its huge impact of its legacy, and I'd like to think that it's a proud part
of S... more »

“It is bigger than a bread box. In fact, it is much bigger than all bread
boxes put together. Galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915 is one of the largest
and most massive objects known. Dubbed "El Gordo", the seven billion light
years (z = 0.87) distant galaxy cluster spans about seven million light
years and holds the mass of a million billion Suns.
*Click image for larger size.*
The above image of El Gordo is a composite of a visible light image from
the Hubble Space Telescope, an X-ray image from the Chandra Observatory
showing the hot gas in pink, and a computer generated map showing ... more »

*“Six Things”*
by Chet Raymo
“My mother was part of the last generation of Americans who were welded
into a national cohesiveness by the classroom memorization of poems by
English language poets Longfellow, Whittier, Riley, Lowell, Field, and all
the rest. All her life, lines of verse were on her lips...
"All at once, and nothing first,/ Just as bubbles do when they burst."
(“The One Hoss Shay”, Oliver Wendell Holmes)
"Each morning sees some task begin,/ Each evening sees it close;/ Something
attempted, something done,/ Has earned a night's repose." (“The Village
Blacksmith”, Long... more »

CANADA’S
FINAL SOLUTION
Posted on December 21, 2014
Please post & distribute. Nia:wen.
MNN, Dec. 21, 2014. Why negotiation tables, war department of Indian
Affairs and special military trained police and surveillance strategies?
Why does the corporation of Canada have to pass illegal laws to take
from and remove us? They, in effect, acknowledge that we are the
sovereigns of Ono’ware:geh

"The chessboard is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe;
the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on
the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, and
patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake,
or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
- Thomas Huxley

*"Life Is Fine"*
by Langston Hughes
"I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.
But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!
I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.
I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.
But it was High up there! It was high!
So since I'm still here ... more »

Its true
we got more lone wolves
than a fern bar in the nineties
on the perimeter
Does it really mean anything
I dont think so
but one thing you can say
about Islam
is that it unites
the crazys
in a way
that needs
a lot of study
But compared to the run of the mill
crazies who kill
they are nothing
but a bolt
of lightning

Never heard one myself
but as I understand
the others are overwhelmed
by a flood of them
It started in the new testament
when Jesus fed everyone and gave the whole beach
a drink from a single bottle of wine
the union person was there
to complain
about the cost to jobs
this miracle would cost
please do not do it again
Something we should teach in school
is how to complain
and what is really a complaint
because 90% of what we complain about
is unimportant
5% of what we complain about is Gods will
the last five percent
we never get around to in a big
way
like voting about it.

Yes I know they mostly clog
your interface with surprisingly
interesting shit
We humans will watch anything
that's on TV
some will pay money
and others will blog
about Honey BOO Bo
like she was Angelia Jolie
from a different mother
Big Steve saw this decades ago
in Japan on the hotel TV
in the age that you might be lucky
to get CNN
or the BBC
and watching them both for 12 hours
told me something true
the only purpose of this
interface was to deceive
the consumer
in between commercials
but as we know this
simple misdirection
was not enough
for Faux news
and the beauty pageant
of lie... more »

Michael Snyder has consistently written excellent articles on the current
global economic situation. I may not always agree with his conclusions,
but his facts are rarely off. Michael's article below is a cry to the
people to please "Be Prepared", because the collapse of this current
slavery system is in process RIGHT NOW.
*Since I started The Economic Collapse Blog back in 2009, there have always
been a few people that have accused me of spreading fear. That frustrates
me, because what I am actually doing is the exact opposite of that. When a
hurricane is approaching, is it “s... more »

As I tell my children
I not expect you
to be saints
but if you go anywhere
know the the name
that will make
sure your shit
do not stink
A good lawyer will
make an average
procisction back down
and flee
from even a fee
a great lawyer
can guarentee that
in all but the most hopeless
stance.
And a team of great lawyers
facing twelve honest men
can do anything.

*• Using fear, loathing, and paranoia to sell stuff• Arizona legalizes
crack!• Crazyspeak of the Year nominee No. 3: old reliable Bill O’Reilly*
*Noah worries, will 40 days and nights be enough?*
*Crackpot Utopia:* *A dream world as envisioned by republicans; a
manifestation or expression of the deranged, warped alternate universe
inhabited by republicans, at least in their minds. See also: Bachmannism,
Boehneresque.*
*by Noah*
*1. Using fear, loathing, and paranoia to sell stuff*
I've long been suspicious of drug companies flogging all sorts of
medications on the teevee, spe... more »

Do not know from which war
this term described combat first
could of been Korea and most certainly
was normal nomenclature by Vietnam
and repeated over and over
two times in Iraq
and for sure in Afganisian
If labels are truth
then we have been fighting
the suck
all of our life
there is no victory in sight
but should there not
be some kind of grand
committee filled with warriors
and sewage agents
looking for a process
to fuck the suck.

It was the most hilarious thing of all when prospective 2016 Republican
presidential candidate Rand Paul took to social media to call out Florida
Senator Marco Rubio for being an “isolationist”. Rubio, who must be
horrified to be watching his political career go up in smoke after Emperor
Obama’s shocking reversal of decades of U.S. policy towards Cuba can
probably be forgiven for being a little bitchy this past week. The
ambitious young Floridian had managed to perform the equivalent of the
splitting of the atom by becoming the self-anointed GOP authority on all
things Hispanic. N... more »

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news
conference in Moscow, December 18, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev
*Putin: Sanctions Won't Stop Russia's Support Of 'Compatriots' -- Voice of
America*
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that his country would not
back down from "supporting compatriots" in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula,
which was annexed by Moscow this year despite widespread Western protests.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, said Western sanctions would not
force Russia to give up Crimea because the peninsula is a "hist... more »

take away the colour
take away the spin
and just look at the fact
although I know
they will not persuade
anyone to change direction
in any
way
Obama inherited a poison chalice
FDR would have sought\
imunity from
Sure FDR was shooting blind
but he was not
black in America
Obama may not go
down in history as
great
the writers will chip
away at him forever
because he looked
up the GOP skirts
Right now today
the patient is still
on the table
looking at 2015
with a smile
hoping to leave
qualified willing
and able
I interpert the volcanic noise
we are subjected to today
with some iron... more »

No one really knows how
WW1 started
it was in every historians
book a mistake
today if we believe history
we are on the precipice of
an even greater
lack of self awareness
collapse.
People left and right are
shouting
at the top of their
voice
and some even using
intellect
unfronturnalty for humanity
its the Frank Lutz wordsmiths
for now that take the words
and make us all speak
nonsense
I really do not know about 2015
we are hard people
looking at the failure
of our dreams
which way will we go
when the boss speaks
more into the path
that led us here
or something
for which our
God
wil... more »

The Zionist-WASP Split of 1991 : Chicken Kiev for STARTers - The Last Ever
US-Soviet Summit
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*"First and foremost it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the
Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century." -
Putin*
* August 1st, 1991 : Kiev, Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine - Trouble
Brewing.*
Having "liberated" Kuwait (it's oil and it's Sultan, his wife and her
collection of shoes, if not it's people), and toppled the tyrant Saddaam
Hussain (kind of), the force of the New World Order US-Soviet Condominium
turn their atten... more »

*"7 Demented Right-Wing Moments This Week: *
*Fox Wants a Royalty Check From Colbert?"*
By Janet Allon
*"1. Antonin Scalia: Torturing convicts is a no-go, but torturing suspects
is A-OK. *Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia was asked this week by the
BBC about the CIA s fully exposed use of torture in the years after the
9/11 attacks, and he found, shall we say, some rather interesting hairs to
split. "We have laws against torture," Scalia said. (Whew.) But then he
added, "The Constitution says nothing whatever about torture. It speaks of
punishment; cruel and unusual punishments a... more »

The Maltese Double Cross - Lockerbie (1994) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*"The local police force, Dumfries and Galloway, they were most concerned
at the SWARMS of Americans, fiddling with bodies, and shall we say
tampering with those things that the police were carefully checking
themselves. *
*I'm not pretending that they said they were from the FBI or the CIA - they
were just Americans, who seemed to have arrived extremely quickly, on the
scene..."** - Tam Dalyell MP*
*The Maltese Double Cross *discusses evidence and witnesses that would
eventually figure at the Pan Am Flight 103 ... more »

Yes, yes, maybe and no. Thats my conclusion
when it comes to listening to music
who could mix it up well
enough anyway
would that not take
some kind of cosmic
mind
beyond an althogram
which is math for
a forumula that
will control you
who do not know
the math behind it
and I tell you now
and believe me later
even the guy
who made the equation
is like a witch doctor
getting results
they really do not
understand.

The US annually allocates some $1.5bn in aid to Egypt, including $1.3bn in
military assistance [REUTERS]
*US Delivers 10 Helicopters To Egypt In Sign Of Improving Relations -- The
Guardian*
* Apache helicopters arrived this week to support counter-terrorism
* Delivery had been on hold since coup against elected president last year
Egypt received 10 Apache helicopters from the US in the past week, security
sources said on Saturday, in a sign of easing tensions between the longtime
allies confronting Islamist extremism across north Africa and the Middle
East.
The US announced in Apr... more »

words dancing along the margins and then filling at some time the main
page
like this content was meant to be
creating wisdom for the new age
but its never like that
for authours
they have to wait at least a decade
for words to take effect
and for many its centuries
before an increalily diminishing
body of creative critism
comes to regognize they
really had something to say
to bad
it was not recognized in their
own day
when it could have made
a differance
and now it just makes us
sad
as we pretend to believe
our current leader
knows the way.

In my quest to verify UFO information that has been reprinted and analyzed
for years, and as I was working on my last UFO book, I began looking at the
UFO sightings at White Sands Missile Range on November 3, 1957. To put this
into context, the Levelland sightings took place during the evening and
night of November 2. About the time the sightings were ending in Levelland,
they were beginning at White Sands some 250 miles away. Those who made the
first reports in New Mexico had not heard of the sightings in Texas and
were unaware of what was happening.
Two MPs on patrol out near the... more »

For over 40 years I have pretty much voted a straight Democratic ticket -
even when the candidates did not reflect my values.
I am a liberal progressive.
I *am* a liberal progressive.
Being a liberal progressive - no longer makes me a Democrat.
Many of the values I hold are similar to those of the Democratic party.
In today's political arena the values of the Democratic party are becoming
more and more misaligned with my values.
For over 40 years, many times I have voted against my own values - just to
support the Democratic party.
Democratic pundits have warned me that not voting De... more »

By now I am sure many of you have seen the news that Sony has indefinitely
postponed/canceled the theatrical release of The Interview under threat
from hackers apparently connected to the regime in North Korea. It is not
clear whether the threat was explicitly against movie goers or against the
companies screening the film, and
Continue reading

I am your Dad
and no matter what
through and through
I would without question
die for you
I would take that bullet gladly
but life is not so black and white
there is no bullet
there is no smoking gun
only life
So your poppa
watches and hopes to never
cry
that you fall down into
the inescapable by conventional
means rat hole
that now defines
my ways and means.
I have surrendered in a conventional way
no one no longer needs brilliance
they will just steam roller you
in the we control everything way
If you are not good at giving steam
to the steamroller
lay down flat in front of us
and ... more »

*Tunisians Vote In Landmark Elections -- Al Jazeera*
Tunisia electing president in runoff that presents a stark choice between
the country's past and its post-uprising era.
Tunisians are going to the polls to freely elect their president for the
first time in the country's history, rounding off an at times bumpy
four-year transition from dictatorship.
The runoff on Sunday pits 88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi, leader of the
Nidaa Tounes party, against incumbent Moncef Marzouki, who held the post
through an alliance with the moderate Islamist movement Ennahda.
*Read more* ....
*More... more »

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Yes, it is Sunday again, and as usual time for my weekly rant…
I did no articles yesterday because I was out trying to finish some last
minute Christmas shopping… After a brutal day of having to put up with
people at the local mall, I was beat and bushed…. Yes, shopping in a
madhouse just before Christmas does indeed take a lot of energy out of a
person…
One thing that I did notice, and I have noted it many times before, is the
absolute lack of Christmas spirit that I have noted in both businesses and
their customers…. The rampant consumerism has indeed wrecke... more »

*Protest banners are hung inside the village . This banner reads, “Navy!
you are the outside power that destroys our hometown, Gangjeong!*
An urgent cry from Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea: We should
not allow the navy swallow our village.
The below is the rough translation of a banner by the anti-naval base
committee of the Gangjeong village, hung inside the village.
The navy plans to station about 7,000 people in the Jeju naval base that is
currently being built. You may remember that the whole population of the
Gangjeong villagers is less than 2,000. The banner ex... more »

Is there a moral equivocally there? I do not think so because the world is
still powerd by Catholics or the excommunicated tribe. As a mere non
believer observer of all the religious folly
there is only one thing
I believe
and know for cretian
unlike democracy
these people really
believe in numbers
and use childbirth
to manufacture
what is not
there in reason.

*For the 1960 recording, Betty and Adolph reprised their1944 roles,
anthropologist Claire de Loon and sailor Ozzie*
*BERNSTEIN, COMDEN, and GREEN: On the Town:Act I, "Carried Away"*
*Betty Comden, Claire; Adolph Green, Ozzie; 1960 studio cast recording,
Leonard Bernstein, cond. Columbia-CBS-Sony*
*by Ken*
On a daily basis we're assaulted by so much slop and slime that I worry
about insufficient attention being paid when we're given worthwhile stuff.
So it has been on my mind to call your attention, as I mentioned last night,
to a really outstanding piece in the November issue of ... more »

People hold candles and signs to condemn the Taliban attack on the Army
Public School in Peshawar. Reuters/File
*Four Militants Hanged In Pakistan As Execution Campaign Widens -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - Pakistan hanged four Islamist militants on Sunday in the second
set of executions since the government lifted a moratorium after the
Taliban massacred 132 children and nine others at a school last week.
None of those hanged has anything to do with Tuesday's school rampage in
Peshawar, and some Pakistani commentators have said the executions are
intended to divert attention from the fai... more »

How off target the lunatic be
the men in blue they serve
you and me
the thin blue line
its no fucking joke
it the difference between shopping
and scavenging
an while doing that
meeting an ugly blok/
The world is not black or white
but best practises can tell
us the best methods
to handle the mixture
that is grey
We are all great apes
in our DNA
Everyone that every lived
wanted to be King
Or if the were more devious
in this male DNA oriented
world
Queen.
Would the Brookly cops
be shoot if
one bad chokehold
went away
That's a supposition
with no way of finding
definition
but one ... more »

Season's Greetings - Merry Christmas, Super Solstice, Happy New Year etc -
all fellow ruthless, insatiable members of our species *Homo eradicatus* who
are watching the approach of the gathering storm! As usual I have been
collecting links to emerging science about ozone poisoning forests, but
that topic will have to wait until after the family festivities.
After I hit "publish" it will be full-out baking and decorating. This post
will just note that massive tree declines have been detected by NASA in the
Amazon, and scientists are pointing to deforestation as a primary reason
that... more »

*Islamic State ‘Executed’ Deserters For Trying To Go Home -- The Australian*
ABOUT 100 foreign Islamic State fighters reportedly have been executed
after trying to flee the group, raising fears about Australians wanting to
leave the conflict.
Britain’s Financial Times quoted an unnamed Syrian activist saying 100
executions of foreign fighters trying to leave the group had been confirmed
in Islamic State’s proclaimed capital Raqqa.
Australian authorities declined to comment on whether any Australians may
have been among the dead.
The report comes months after former Sydney man Moha... more »

*Alex Pietrowski - *Is living in a tiny home a great way to make a
statement against consumerism or an unhealthy trend towards more control
over the population.
The post Is Living in a Tiny Home a Way to Curb Consumerism? appeared first
on Waking Times.

*Jesus was not a Christian and Buddha was not a Buddhist but their
religion was love. Can it really be this simple? That the ultimate religion
is love ! Perhaps we all need to see what we have settled for in order to
fully realize that there is another choice versus war and injustice as well
as the full meaning of Lennon's Merry Christmas ( War is Over ) which was
recorded in 1971~ nine years before Lennon was shot down and killed in
December, 1980: Allen L Roland, Ph.D*
*"An eye for an eye will make us all blind" *~ Mahatma Gandhi
*The official 4 minute video for John Lennon's... more »

Gulf Times
The Saudi and Kuwaiti oil ministers said on Sunday that their countries
would not cut oil production even if non-OPEC members reduce their output
to shore up sagging oil prices.
"No... I think it's too late now," Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi told
reporters when asked whether OPEC would cut its output if non-OPEC
producers were to lower their own.
"If they (non-OPEC) want to cut production they are welcome. We are not
going to cut, certainly Saudi Arabia is not going to cut," Naimi said on
the sidelines of an energy conference in the United Arab Emirates.
*Kuwaiti Oil ... more »

Today is the 21st December in the Gregorian Calendar. The fact that we now
use the Gregorian Calendar and not the Julian one does have an impact upon
this date and indeed every date which has a significance in pre-Gregorian
times. Pope Gregory XIII changed the calendar in 1582 to correct
discrepancies with the equinoxes which had been brought about by the
imperfections of the Julian system (which itself was finalised in the AD
8). To make the calendar more accurate, the 4th October 1582 was followed
by the 15th October. When the British Empire (including what is now the
USA) ado... more »

*Frank Huguenard -*The Vagus Nerve is a most fascinating intersection
between our conscious and subconscious minds.
The post The Vagus Nerve and the Healing Promise of The Sudarshan Kriya
appeared first on Waking Times.

*Iraqi Kurds Push Farther Into Sinjar As Air Strikes Destroy Isis
Strongholds -- The Guardian*
* Thousands of Yazidis evacuated from Mt Sinjar but town ‘far from cleared’
* Other targets in Iraq include Tal Afar, Ramadi, Mosul and Baiji
US-led forces attacked Islamic State (Isis) targets on Sunday with 13 air
strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, using fighter, bomber and other
aircraft, the US military said.
Four of the Iraq strikes were near Sinjar in northern Iraq, which destroyed
Isis buildings, tactical units and vehicles. Other Iraqi cities targeted
included Tal Afar, Ramadi, ... more »

North Korea has denied hacking Sony Pictures email to avenge the studio's
not-yet-released movie The Interview, about a plot to assassinate North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (KCNA/Reuters)
*North Korea Denies Hacking Sony -- Reuters*
(Reuters) - North Korea has said U.S. accusations that it was involved in a
cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander," and that it wanted
a joint investigation into the incident with the United States.
The United States stands by its assertion that North Korea was to blame, a
White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman said on Sa... more »

* V. Susan Ferguson - *In a war in the heavens, through the farthest
reaches of inner and outer space, our sanctuary lies in consciousness.
The post ETs and the Spiritual War in the Heavens appeared first on Waking
Times.

Story from Menlo Park, where white folks insist in their own cut of that
charter cash:
*Split vote gives Cleveland school levy dollars to charter school for
gifted - and mostly white - kids*
The Menlo Park Academy charter school for gifted children is now a partner
with the Cleveland school district, after a split vote Tuesday night.
Patrick O'Donnell, The Plain Dealer By Patrick O'Donnell, The Plain Dealer
on December 20, 2014 at 1:18 PM, updated December 20, 2014 at 1:19 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland taxpayers are now contributing some of their
property taxes to Menlo Park Aca... more »

I write this entry still in the firm belief that "Islamicism" is not a
genuine threat to the well-being of most Canadians, let alone to Canada's
continued existence. It's far less of a problem than misogyny.
I'll take it as a given that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's murder of Corporal
Nathan Cirillo and his attack on Parliament Hill with a hunting rifle, was
the act of mentally-ill man who had been a heavy drug user and was not a
"false flag" operation. In the same spirit, I'll accept that he really did
convert to Islam and oppose US and Canadian foreign policy in the Middle
East and sup... more »

*Gary ‘Z’ McGee -* How is it possible to ascend the state of the human
psyche through the absence of energy or action?
The post Solitude as Meditation – Entrance to the Psyche appeared first on Waking
Times.

*Heavenletter #5139 Love Wins the Day*
December 20, 2014
God said:
Inestimable is the value of love from your heart to Mine and from My heart
to yours. In this equation, love goes to and from everyone on Earth and
everyone no longer on Earth, and to everything ever thought of. Love is
all-inclusive. Love is no matter what. This is true whether you accept love
or not and whether you scoff at the idea of love or not. Oneness means
Oneness. No one is left out of Oneness, or Oneness would not be.
Whatever you may think of Me or yourself or anyone or anything, you are
deep in My he... more »

*Obama: We're Not At Cyber War With North Korea -- USA Today*
The United States is not at cyber war with North Korea, President Obama
said in an interview broadcast Sunday, and will "respond proportionately"
as he accused that nation of the hack attack on Sony Pictures.
"I don't think it was an act of war," Obama said on CNN's State of the
Union. "I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very
expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately, as I
said."
Obama also said the United States will look at returning North Korea to the
list of s... more »

Afghans lower the coffin of Afghan cameraman Zubair Hatami, who died on
Saturday of injuries sustained in a Taliban attack at a French cultural
centre, in Kabul December 21, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
*Record Number Of Afghan Civilians Killed In 2014, Says UN -- Deutschde
Welle*
The UN mission in Afghanistan has released a new report saying that the
country has seen more than 3,100 civilians killed in conflict in 2014. The
number is up 19 percent from last year.
The number of civilians killed and injured in Afghanistan this year was the
highest ever recorded by the UN Ass... more »

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in rare public appearance. Reuters
*Report: Mossad Agent Infiltrated Hezbollah's Upper Echelons -- Arutz Sheva*
*Mossad 'cell' reportedly managed to thwart a significant number of major
plots against Israeli targets; agent was dept. head of foreign ops.*
Hezbollah says it recently exposed a Mossad agent embedded among its "elite
operations unit", in what the Iranian-backed terror group says is "the most
serious [intelligence] breach in Hezbollah's history."
According to Lebanese media reports, "sources close to Hezbollah" claimed
an Israeli intelli... more »

Mark Kirk, who lies about military decorations he never got, wants to teach
North Korea a lesson-- with a campaign fundraiser
In theory, Mark Kirk has one of the most vulnerable Republican-held seats
coming up in 2016. Illinois has tended to elect Democrats to the U.S.
Senate. Since Paul Douglas defeated GOP incumbent Charles Brooks in 1948,
only one Republican, anti-war liberal Chuck Percy, held that seat,
currently held by Dick Durbin, who won reelection last month 1,850,862
(53.1%) to 1,503,942 (43.1%).
The other Senate seat was won by the legendary Everett Dirksen in 1950
until ... more »

It has come to my attention that there is now a verification process
necessary for the comments section of this blog. If you want to comment,
you must* prove that you are "Not a Robot" by (checking the box if you're
not a robot), and then typing in a verification request. *
I am also getting hit with these requests, and even though I have disabled
the comment verification process for this blog, Google keeps on putting
them back.
I have sent a note to Google, and I hope that with time they will address
it.
For the moment, I share in your frustration that we must spend an extra 20
s... more »

The Economist magazine's December 6th 2014 issue featured this chart with
this note,
*Much about the practice of bribery remains murky. The OECD’s first report
on the subject, published on December 2nd, sheds some light. Some findings
confirm what was known or suspected. But the report also undermines some
common beliefs. Bribery is not a sin of rogue employees or poor countries.*
Yes, as governments expand, the opportunities for corruption and bribery
also expands. The more restrictive, the more bureaucratic the government
processes, the more corruption and bribery that will take ... more »

http://www.terrorism.com/
The word "terrorist" is everywhere these days. But, Tom Walkom writes, the
definition of the word depends as much on domestic considerations as it
does on international considerations. And domestic considerations change --
frequently:
Take the most basic question: Who are the terrorists? Until Wednesday, Cuba
was listed by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism. Now U.S.
President Barack Obama says it is not.
Why? It’s not because Cuba has changed. It’s the same old place. Raul and
Fidel Castro a... more »

Billionaire Bill Gates has been buying the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS) for years now. He started doing so after being asked to by former
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) President Gene Wilhoit and
edupreneur, CCSS “lead architect” David Coleman in the summer of 2008.
Gates has spent at least hundreds of millions […]

*Profs Have Stopped Teaching Rape Law Now That Everything 'Triggers'
Students*
The influence of the "trigger warnings" movement is now so pervasive that
many law professors can't even teach a class on a delicate subject without
facing an onslaught of requests from students for feelings accommodation.
Harvard Law School Professor Jeannie Suk sheds light on the difficulty of
teaching students about rape law when the forecast for campus is always
persistent offendedness:
"Students seem more anxious about classroom discussion, and about
approaching the law of sexual violence in part... more »

Dear Sir
I am in receipt of you self congratulatory email boasting of how you have
just signed the *Fair Vote Canada's Politicians' Pledge,*I congratulate you
on doing so and would hope that many other MPs from all parties join you in
doing so but have a number of concerns with the other issues raised in you
communications.
Firstly your “commitment to make 2015 the last unfair election — and 2019
the first election to use a truly democratic electoral system” is clearly
unobtainable...... unless you intend to either impose a new system upon
Canadians without public consultation and a ... more »

I am completely unsurprised by the ordeal faced by this woman.
A former military corporal who said she faced reprisals after
accusing a superior of sexual assault feels vindicated after the
Canadian Armed Forces extended an apology and reparations to her. Stéphanie Raymond said the outcome will have positive
repercussions, particularly for women as well as for some men serving in
the

*Exposed: The Merchants of Smear, Climate Edition*
by Russell Cook (Not John Cook)
*A low probability scientific speculation has become "settled science"*
For about two decades we’ve been told the science behind human-caused
global warming is settled, and to ignore skeptic scientists because they’ve
been paid by industry to manufacture doubt about the issue. The truth,
however, has every appearance of being exactly the opposite: A clumsy
effort to manufacture doubt about the credibility of skeptical climate
scientists arose in 1991 with roots in Al Gore’s Senate office.
The Merch... more »

The top image of Sekkan Fortress (Anping Fort) I got from the East Asian
Image Collection at Lafayette, in their collection of Taiwan Photographic
Monthly imagery. The shot of the ruined fortress in the upper right inset
is taken from the land side. In the main image, shot from the harbor, you
can see that the fort has been restored, with the small white building
still there and housing the small museum, but without the silly observation
tower. The modern harbor is below, same angle but much farther away. The
area behind the fortress is now developed, of course, and a major touris... more »

Today Drew and I rode up the Miaoli 51 (苗51), a lovely little road that
starts just north of Houli, then climbs a set of switchbacks to the top of
the ridge, and rolls gently over the ridge through a national forest until
it hits the train station in Sanyi. The road network between Sanyi and
Jhoulan is wonderful, I highly recommend exploring it. Map below the READ
MORE....
*ROUTE NOTES*: This very simple route just follows the Miaoli 51. Take the
13 out of Houli, but divert onto the smaller Yili bridge, which crosses the
river and then goes off towards some of the best roads in the... more »

The chickens and ducks have, as they do each year, leveled the piles of
grass clippings, leaves and barn waste we have dumped on the garden, and
return every day to sift through the sheet mulch for slugs, pill bugs and
the like.
They're also nipping off quite a lot of kale and collards, but I think
we've had all of two frost nights so far, so the stuff is not as appealing
to us as it might have been.
I don't feel deprived. The potatoes, of which we have about a third of what
we've harvested most years, are actually holding out well. Not as hungry
for them in all this relative war... more »

[image: NH90 NFH]The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) has resumed
deliveries of the final seven NH90 helicopters, following a new agreement
with the manufacturer, Netherlands Defence Minister Jeanine
Hennis-Plasschaert has said.
NHIndustries has agreed to fix issues with wear and corrosion, which had
caused the suspension of deliveries in June.
As part of the deal, the aircraft manufacturer will pay for expenses
involved in the development of modifications, patch ups for corrosion
damage and scheming preventative measures, according to the Netherlands MoD.
Read more

[image: A330 MRTT aircraft]The Netherlands, Poland and Norway have decided
to prepare negotiations with Airbus Defence & Space for the acquisition of
a fleet of A330 MRTT multirole transport and air-to-air refuelling
aircraft. The participating nations would welcome other nations to join the
initiative either before an actual procurement or subsequently.
This initiative, facilitated by the European Defence Agency, consists of
the pooled acquisition and operation of a common fleet of aircraft by the
three nations. Other nations will also be able to contribute to the overall
programme... more »

[image: J-20 Mighty Dragon]China's stealth fighter technology has overtaken
Russia based on newly-released photos of China's J-20 stealth fighter,
reports the Global Times, a tabloid under the auspices of the Communist
Party mouthpiece People's Daily.
Photos of the latest version of the J-20 — a stealth, twin-engine
fifth-generation fighter jet being developed by the Chengdu Aerospace
Corporation — bearing the serial number 2015, reveal that the aircraft has
commenced ground testing and may be conducting its first flight soon. This
appears to be another step in the right direction a... more »

Thank you Justin and julien for posting this!
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Occult Meanings of Winter Solstice and Christmas | AstroTheology, Alchemy,
Roman Solstice Practices, Occult Symbolism, Santa Claus, Reincarnation
The roots of Astrotheology date back to the times of Atlantis, and were
once used as an allegorical Science for Self Discovery. This became the
basis for Alchemy, Kabbalah, Astrology, Religion and the Ancient Mystery
schools. Later it was used to manipulate the masses, by hiding knowledge of
consciousness from the people; known today as Occultism either Light or
Dark. An entire host of ... more »

The first prototype of the light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas' Naval version
— LCA NP-1 — completed its maiden flight as part of the carrier
compatibility tests at the shore-based test facility INS Hansa in Goa at
12.34pm on Saturday.
LCA-Navy is the second Ski Take Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR )
carrier-borne aircraft in the world, after a Russian deck based aircraft.
And, this will be the only Carrier borne Fighter aircraft in the Light
category.
The flight in Goa comes more than two years after the aircraft completed
its maiden flight on April 27, 2012.
Read more

Two young Indian men, Golam Mortuza Hossain and Gopal Sardar, wrote a paper
about loop quantum gravity and similar "discrete" models of quantum gravity
whose mathematical argumentation seems vastly better than that of an
average paper about similar subjects:
Absence of Unruh effect in polymer quantization (gr-qc)
Yes, the Unruh effect isn't reproduced by those theories, they say.
Backreation sensibly asserted that if the paper is right, it's a way to
prove that these theories are dead. Well, it's about the 500th proof that
they are wrong, I would say.
These two guys' mathematical a... more »

Russia’s defense sector gets guarantees that expenses are confirmed despite
economic meltdown. On Friday, yet another brand new strategic missile
submarine joined the Northern fleet.
“The nuclear shield of our homeland is updated with this modern, worthy,
beautiful, powerful vessel.”
With these words, Russia’s Deputy chief of the Navy, Vice-Admiral Aleksandr
Vedotenkov honored the crew lined up on top of “Vladimir Monomakh” during
the solemn ceremony in Severodvinsk on Friday, the portal of the Sevmash
yard reports.
Read more

[image: Damen Stan Patrol 3007]The first Damen Stan Patrol 3007 has arrived
at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem in the Netherlands for outfitting. The vessel
is one of nine that the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has ordered from Damen
Shipyards.
The order features four Stan Patrol 4207 vessels, one RoRo 5612 and a
further three Stan Patrol 3007 vessels. Damen has designed the Stan Patrol
3007 with the client’s requirements in mind.
Robin van der Zon, Project Manager at Damen Shipyards Group explains:
“These patrol vessels will prevent smuggling and people trafficking, so
it’s vital they c... more »

*US Drones Strike In Jihadist Stronghold In North Waziristan -- Long War
Journal*
The US launched a drone strike in the jihadist haven of Datta Khel in
Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan earlier today. The Pakistani
military claimed it "cleared" Datta Khel in September as part of Operation
Zarb-e-Azb, which was launched in mid-June this year.
The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or Reapers fired a pair of
missiles at a compound in the village of Mada Khel in the Datta Khel area
of North Waziristan during the early morning, killing six jihadists, The
News reported... more »

Jerome put together a meet up with Will Tiao, Producer of *Formosa
Betrayed,* on Dec 27th. See below...
To all,
A Merry Christmas to you all,
We normally don't have a meeting over the holidays, but Will Tiao who both
produced and acted in the film *Formosa Betrayed* is in town.
And we have a chance to catch up and chat after Christmas on the 27th.
Topic: Lessons Learned: Formosa Betrayed and its implications for film and
politics in Taiwan.
Will had spoken to us before when the film came out, and a number of you
attended.
This is a chance to get some insights on shall we say, the... more »

*In June 1992, lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green narrated a famous
London concert performance of On the Town at the Barbican Centre with the
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. (An audio
recording made at the same time is still available, but there doesn't seem
to be a DVD issue of the concert.) Here Comden and Green introduce the
opening number, as our three sailors, let loose for a single day on the
city, sing "New York, New York," with Thomas Hampson as Gabey, Kurt Ollman
as Chip, and David Garrison as Ozzie.*
*"On the Town was a landmark, the fir... more »

The squadron, from Hereford, had been due to travel to Afghanistan to hunt
Taliban leaders before they were ordered to turn their attentions on Isis
(file picture)
*SAS Hit Squad Sent To Iraq To Hunt Down ISIS Jihadists After Militants
'Started Learning How To Avoid Air Strikes' -- Daily Mail*
* Squadron diverted from Afghanistan mission in a bid to target Isis
leaders
* Executioner Jihadi John believed to be a primary target for 60-strong team
* Troopers will also pinpoint targets within Iraq to assist with air strikes
* Comes amid reports Isis fanatics executed 100 of its own fore... more »

*How ISIS And Boko Haram Could Change The Way Countries Purchase Air Power
-- Clay Dillow, Fortune*
*Textron’s Scorpion recon and strike jet offers cash-strapped countries air
power on the cheap. Global events are making it more attractive.*
Like spaceships and sports stadiums, military strike jets typically aren’t
the kind of things that companies build—much less sell—off the shelf. Take
the Pentagon’s new F-35, for instance: Two decades and $400 billion in the
making, the F-35 had nine committed customers lined up to buy thousands of
aircraft (at between $80 million and $110 mil... more »

Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the
Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the town of
Suruc in this file photograph taken Oct. 18, 2014. Reuters
*U.S. Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria Have Cost $1 Billion -- ABC News*
The cost of U.S. military airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria has
topped $1 billion.
"As of Dec. 11, 2014, the total cost of operations related to ISIL since
kinetic operations started on August 8, 2014 is $1.02 billion and the
average daily cost is $8.1 million," said Commander Bill Urban, a Pentagon
s... more »

This is a time to celebrate newness: a new moon cycle, a new spiritual
cycle, a shift of energy. By Kate Braun | The Rag Blog | December 19, 2014
“Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu / Ve al kulam / Salaam … finish reading Kate Braun :
On Winter Solstice, holly invites good fortune
for the coming year

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Indigenous Peruvian farmworker Maxima Acuña de Chaupe withstood violent
eviction attempts, beatings, and a legal battle to protect her land from
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